Police Leave to Be Restored Sydney
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, stated in Parliament that it was proposed within a month or so to restore leave to which police were…
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Courts & crime, 1941
1,098 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 55
Court Case Correction (To the Editor)
Sir,—On the 20th February you published a report in your paper of a conviction against Charles Johns, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine Months’ Gaol For Bigamy SYDNEY
At the Quarter Sessions a sentence of nine months’ Imprisonment was imposed on William Edgar Tacon, 36. builders’ labourer on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manslaughter of Eightyear-old Girl Boy Sentenced to 15 Years Gaol
Found guilty of the manslaughter of Winifred Marie Verrier, 8, a 16-year-old boy, Mervyn Leslie Hill, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment…
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At East Maitland Police Court 25 charges of stealing bicycles and illegally using motor cars were preferred against three boys. There…
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A Berlin report says 18 members of a semi-military Dutch organisation were sentenced to death by a German court-martial in Amsterdam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Men Charged Found On Licensed Premises CESSNOCK
Ten men who were charged before Mr. Sheridan at Cessnock police court to-day with having been found on licensed premises after hours were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Wrong Man Arrested Solicitor’s Claim At Police Court
Charged with wilfully end obscenely exposing himself in Pitna[?] road, East Maitland, on or about June 4 Walter [?] Dein, 35 labourer,…
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Mr. F. Johnstone, P.M., who is to succeed Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd at Maitland will commence duties here on April 7. Mr. Car Boyd went to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boyish “Prank” Youth On Stealing Charge Placed on Bond
As a sequel to what police described as a “prank,” Benjamin Yates 18, labourer, appeared at West Maitland Court today on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Committed for Trial on Murder Charge
A man was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered a woman at Muswellbrook on February 16…
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Mr. W. J. Claves (questioning constable at West Maitland Court today) Have you had any experience of people going to sleep at the wheel?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Income Tax Returns Real Estate Agent And Miner Charged Fines Total £17
The Commissioner of Taxation proceeded against two defendants before Mr. N. C. L. Sheridan, P.M., at West Maitland Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Need for Police Boys' Club. (Contributed.)
There is absolutely no need for a police boy's club in Cessnock. All that the club offers is a gymnasium, which has to be supplied by the people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bail Refused Charge Of Murder Woman’s Death Sydney
The case in which Dr. Franklin Christian Richards, 64, is one of the two men charged with the murder of Winifred Pretoria…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Licensed Premises. Ten Men Fined. Police Raids at Ellalong and Paxton
Echoes of a visit by police to the Ellalong Hotel on the night of February 1 were heard at Cessnock Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driver on Two Charges Crashed Through Fence Sequel in Maitland Court
While driving a car in Trapp[?]d-street . West Maitland, on March 1. Henry Thomas Bradley, 33. baker, crashed through a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elderly Man Committed for Trial on Charge of Wilful Murder Inquest Into Death of Woman. Sydney Street Tragedy
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sarah Emily Elizabeth Roarty (62) at Muswellbrook on 16th February last, was held at Muswellbrook yesterday by the District Coroner, Mr. R. Clendinning. Joseph Charnock (64), tailor,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sailor’s Heroism Leads Him To Court (A.A.P. Service) LONDON, March 10
Arthur Pullen, a sailor from the H.M.S. Dolphin, was fined £3 for carrying a time-bomb to a vacant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Charged Not Entitled To Wear Uniform
Lyndon Russell Kirkwood, 23, labourer, was remanded until next Tuesday, when he appeared before Mr. E. M. Debenham, J.P., at West…
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